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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Besought

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

44exact KJV occurrences 11Old Testament 33New Testament 17books containing the word 6mapped Strong's IDs 44occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 42:21

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

1 Timothy 1:3

As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where besought appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH2470
חָלָה

châlâh · khaw-law'

5 times translated as this KJV form75 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat

Strong's KJV usage: beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, × pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit (× supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.

Strong's first: Exodus 32:11Strong's last: Jeremiah 26:19

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HebrewH2603
חָנַן

chânan · khaw-nan'

4 times translated as this KJV form77 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)

Strong's KJV usage: beseech, × fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, × very.

Strong's first: Genesis 42:21Strong's last: Esther 8:3

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HebrewH1245
בָּקַשׁ

bâqash · baw-kash'

2 times translated as this KJV form225 total Strong's occurrences

v

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

Strong's KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 12:16Strong's last: Ezra 8:23

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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44 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Genesis 42:21
H2603

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Exodus 32:11
H2470

And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

2 Samuel 12:16
H1245

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

1 Kings 13:6
H2470

And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

2 Kings 1:13
H2603

And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

2 Kings 13:4
H2470

And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

2 Chronicles 33:12
H2470

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

Ezra 8:23
H1245

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

Esther 8:3
H2603

And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

Jeremiah 26:19
H2470

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

Matthew 8:31
G3870

So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

Matthew 8:34
G3870

And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

Matthew 14:36
G3870

And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

Matthew 15:23
G2065

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

Matthew 18:29
G3870

And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

Mark 5:10
G3870

And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

Mark 5:12
G3870

And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Mark 5:23
G3870

And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

Mark 6:56
G3870

And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

Mark 7:26
G2065

The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

Mark 8:22
G3870

And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

Luke 4:38
G2065

And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

Luke 5:12
G1189

And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Luke 7:4
G3870

And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

besought

BESOUGHT', besaut'. participle passive of beseech. Entreated; implored; sought by entreaty.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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